You’ve heard the saying, right? People say, “that’s apples to oranges”. When comparing things, you have to compare “apples to apples” to get a true comparison. I have noticed that it isn’t necessarily what you are comparing, but it is whether you are comparing like things. If you come to a conclusion or make a decision based on comparing “apples to oranges”, that will inherently be a bad decision. Comparing “apples to apples” will get you much farther. Read More…
I was looking at statistics for websites tonight, and found something that was rather surprising to me. It appears that, out of the sites that I maintain, the most popular time of the day on these sites appears to be between 11AM and 1PM. I was intrigued, my mind wandered, and , I wonder what time of the day would be the most effective time to send an email. Read More…
A few years ago I was working late at night at the Red Lion Hotel here in Redding. I was looking at the paper, and there was a celebrity who had recently done something in their personal life that was published in the paper. As I was reading that article, it hit me…. That celebrity wasn’t ready to be in the spotlight. In their life, they became well known faster than they could handle, and their character didn’t match up to the place they were in the spotlight. Read More…
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Have you completed a task, on time, and then been doubted? You didn’t communicate the completion of the task in a way that the person who asked you to complete the task would have expected. You are asked to complete a task, you finish it and move on. Then, your boss comes to you and asks why you didn’t do it. You’re defensive. I did it a few hours ago! Read More…
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“Chris, can you complete X by tomorrow by 5PM.” asks Bob.
“Sure, I will do that.” I respond.
Awesome, I know that I’m supposed to complete X, and I committed to completing it by 5PM tomorrow. I know what I need to do, and when I need to have it complete. I work on the task, and get it done. I check my work against what I was asked to do, and I go back to Bob. Read More…
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Without fail, someone on my team will receive some kind of urgent email every day. I should know better, but I’m often surprised at the things that people report as urgent. In my opinion, something that is urgent would jump in front of other things that I’m doing. By being urgent, if action isn’t taken, the problem will only get worse. Things that are urgent are time sensitive. At least that’s what I think. Read More…
How many times have you wondered why people just won’t stick up for themselves. They talk big about how they hate their job and they want to tell their boss where to put it. They tell you all of these things that they are going to do when they see their boss next. It rarely happens. It is so easy to talk big, but when the time to confront actually hits, you back down. Or, when your job is difficult for you, it is still better than change in your mind. Read More…
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